Bendigo Buzz

Mural adds a bright view

Bendigo Weekly

View Street‘s charm has been enhanced by the addition of a mural created by one of the street’s traders, Kane Barri.
To discover the mural you have to go to View Lane which runs parallel to View Street and off Mackenzie Street.
The mural, painted by Kane Barri, the owner of ..

17-Nov-2017

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Association enlists tennis legend

Joel Peterson

AUSTRALIAN tennis legend John Fitzgerald has thrown his support behind the Bendigo Tennis Association’s redevelopment, launching the BTA’s fundraising program.
Dubbed “For Generations”, the program aims to raise the bulk of the BTA’s contribution toward the $6 m..

07-Jul-2017

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Gardener Henari wins Victoria in Bloom

Bendigo Weekly

ASPIRING gardener Henari Clark is planting the seed of what looks like being a long and successful hobby.
Eight-year-old Henari last week took out the state-wide Victoria in Bloom award as the state’s best young gardener.
He took out a regional award for his work at the Long Gully ..

13-Apr-2017

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Write time for writers

Joel Peterson

Two experienced and popular writers will help judge this year’s Vox Bendigo Fyffe Writing Prizes, run by the Bendigo Writers Festival.
Cate Kennedy, well-known for her award-winning short stories and poetry, joins La Trobe University academic Scott Alterator to judge the poetry award. ..

10-Mar-2017

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MaCapella hits the right note

Bendigo Weekly

MUMS and bubs have banded together to form the MaCapella Singers, a group connecting mums through music.
The community-lead group has expanded from its humble beginnings at the Castlemaine Presbyterian Church, now connecting mothers from both Kyneton and Bendigo.
Tara Flinn, founder of ..

15-Jul-2016

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The art of belonging

Bendigo Weekly

A new art exhibition showcasing the work of six young people from Bendigo’s Karen community will be launched at Morley’s Emporium as part this year’s Refugee Week celebrations.
The exhibition will explore the importance of belonging for young people with refugee background..

24-Jun-2016

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Kirsty returns to her old school

Bendigo Weekly

By Natasha MacFarlane
Former Eaglehawk Primary School sudent Kirsty Sword Gusmao returned last week to unveil her portrait in the school’s foyer.
Dr Sword Gusmao is one of the school’s most notable ex-students, she served as the former first lady of East Timor from 2002 t..

23-Jun-2016

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The old Girtonians gather

Bendigo Weekly

IT has been said schooldays are the best of your life, and that certainly seems true for the Class of 1986 at Girton Grammar.
The Old Girtonians held their 30 year reunion on Saturday and a tour of the junior school was a step back in time, especially for the boarders.
They told endless ..

03-Jun-2016

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College has positivity in mind

Dianne Dempsey

Students Tony and Sue were happy to speak at the official launch of the Mind Recovery College but with one proviso – that they remain anonymous.
Which is ironic really as one of the aims of the college is to lessen the stigmatisation that many people experience if they suffer from men..

03-Jun-2016

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Supper club arrives

Dianne Dempsey

We’re getting so sophisticated in Bendigo the late night entertainment scene could justifiably be described as louche.
The venue for the latest excursion into late night entertainment is the Ulumbara Theatre which will be hosting a series of Supper Clubs.
Supper clubs are synonymou..

27-May-2016

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Barnaby milks Coles call

Sharon Kemp

National Party leader Barnaby Joyce has taken credit for Coles’ 20 cent per litre milk fund in response to the dairy crisis in regional Victoria.
In Bendigo on Wednesday night to introduce local National Party candidate Andy Maddison, Mr Joyce said he had asked northern Victorian farme..

20-May-2016

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Fitness for dog and owner

Bendigo Weekly

THERE’s a new way to get healthy in Bendigo and it’s got legs. Four of them.
Turns out your dog also makes for the ultimate workout companion.
That’s according to personal trainer and owner of fitbitch Hayley Morcom.
Ms Morcom recently launched the dog-inclusive o..

13-May-2016

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Beehive to open this year

Sharon Kemp

As work starts on reshaping the 140-year-old former Bendigo Mining Exchange, the commissioned architect has confirmed the building’s ground floor will open by the end of the year housing food, beverage and lifestyle retailers and potentially a fresh produce market.
Work will continue o..

06-May-2016

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Jason joins the Green machine

Bendigo Weekly

Aussie Rules footballer, LGBTIQ and mental health advocate, and Greens candidate for Higgins Jason Ball joined the Greens Federal candidate for Bendigo, Rosemary Glaisher, for an afternoon of door knocking in Quarry Hill last Sunday.
“It was an honour as well as a lot of fun having h..

29-Apr-2016

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Upgrade on memorial wants list

Steve Kendall

THE RSL Soldiers Memorial Institute in Pall Mall is set for a major upgrade if funding can be raised.
Bendigo District RSL president Cliff Richards and City of Greater Bendigo mayor Rod Fyffe launched a public fundraising campaign to upgrade and redevelop the institute on Wednesday.
The..

22-Apr-2016

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Building on art skills

Bendigo Weekly

THE Bendigo Hospital Project has been busy with extra works of a different kind this month.
That’s because project consortium Exemplar Health has encouraged the children at Jenny’s Early Learning Centre to don their smocks and enjoy the process of art-making.
It’s all ..

08-Apr-2016

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Good golly miss Molly

Bendigo Weekly

BENDIGO is becoming familiar with the whole Hollywood scene at the moment, and now there’s another taste.
Molly Ringwald is coming to town, and will be performing at the Ulumbarra Theatre on Thursday, June 9
Ringwald is a star who kicked of her film career in the 1980s, but before ..

01-Apr-2016

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Fresh a winner

Bendigo Weekly

BENDIGO radio station 101.5 Fresh FM has scooped a major media award, claiming the Women’s National Basketball League’s Best Radio Coverage award for the 2015/16 season.
The station has covered the Bendigo Spirit since its inception into the league, and has called all Spirit home..

24-Mar-2016

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Feline hard done by

Steve Kendall

Tommy was eating Nina’s food, and it had to stop.
Nina is our slinky black cat, and Tommy is the neighbourhood wanderer. He’s not a feral so I imagine he just runs around from house to house eating where he can.
It seems like a cat thing to do.
Anyway, I caught him tuckin..

18-Mar-2016

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Sporting best

Bendigo Weekly

STUDENTS at Winters Flat Primary School have been rewarded for their efforts to make their school a far healthier one.
The school’s submission to the 2016 Bendigo Health-backed Healthy Schools Awards was judged the best from an impressive field of more than one dozen
finalists.
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